strut
Compression-resisting beam
Strut is a proud, confident walk with head high and chest out—the gait of someone showing off or feeling self-important: He strutted around the office after his promotion.
The word often carries a whiff of arrogance or vanity: peacocks strutting, models strutting down the runway.
To strut your stuff is to display your abilities or assets.
A strut is also a structural brace that resists compression, as in aircraft wings or automobile suspensions.
Travel on foot
- saunterRelaxed, aimless stride
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- pranceStep high and proud
- strideExtended single footstep
swagger · stroll · march · step · tread · gait · promenade · sashay
Device providing structural stability
- beamStructural support member
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
- girderMain structural support beam
- columnVertical structural element
joist · rafter · framework · reinforcement · support · stanchion · buttress · post
Confident, boastful manner
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- bravadoPretense of fearlessness
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- self-assuranceConfidence in one's abilities
cockiness · arrogance · showiness · pride · vanity · boastfulness · ostentation · braggadocio
Bird's complete feather coat
- displayPresentation for viewing
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- tailfeathersRear plumage for steering
- fanAdmirer or air mover
train · iridescence · ornamentation · mating · ritual · preen · feathers · showing-off
walk
Travel on foot
stride · swagger · stroll · march · step · tread · gait · promenade · sashay · mince
brace
Device providing structural stability
column · joist · rafter · framework · reinforcement · support · stanchion · buttress · post · purlin
swagger
Confident, boastful manner
self-assurance · cockiness · arrogance · showiness · pride · vanity · boastfulness · ostentation · braggadocio · audacity
plumage
Bird's complete feather coat
- displayPresentation for viewing
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- tailfeathersRear plumage for steering
fan · train · iridescence · ornamentation · mating · ritual · preen · feathers · showing-off · male
fuselage
Aircraft's central structure
- biplaneAircraft with two wing levels
- undercarriageFramework beneath a vehicle
- pylonSupporting structure for wires
fairing · airframe · monoplane · bracing · spar · rigging · tail · fixed-gear · nacelle
- dance movespirouette, shimmy, waltz, tango, cha-cha
- walkswalk, walks, stroll, strolls, amble
- garage doorsgarage door, garage door opener, opener, roll-up door, carriage door
- confident walksswagger, power walk, chest out, head held high
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- walkingwalking, brisk walking, strolling, ambling, sauntering
- strut one's stuffDisplay abilities proudly
- strutting one's stuffDisplaying abilities ostentatiously
- peacock strutting
- strutted one's stuffDisplayed oneself proudly